I think people are allowed to be pissed off about the decision to outright release Tulo. That decision made very little sense even if you thought he was done. They seemed to do it purely as a favour and maybe to get into the good graces of his agent. Personally felt they could have played hard ball with him. Especially after his comments suggesting if he wasn’’t the starting SS he would pack his bags and go home. Blue Jays would have been in position to suspend him without pay if that was the case.
But to honest its all a sunk cost and everyone should move on. Doubtful he would have willingly to give up that money. Retiring is purely a paperwork move. Probably just would have stayed in Florida and only joined the team on rare occasions until his contract was up.
You could argue he should have gave up money to be granted his release but that’s about it at this point. It honestly looked like he never wanted to be here to begin with.